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Post by MsCali on Mar 6, 2006 1:29:11 GMT -5
So, there were some surprises, some disappointments, and a great host...
Jon Stewart did a pretty good job - a couple of his jokes fell flat, but I like that he was able to make fun of people without being offensive. Overall, I think he did a good job:)
Now, on to the winners...
The good:
Reese Witherspoon
Crash (best director & best picture)
George Clooney's acceptance speech
Rachel Weiss (supporting actress)
The disappointments:
George Clooney (supporting actor)
Philip Seymore Hoffman - not because he won best actor (I haven't seen Capote, but I have seen clips, as well as having seen Truman Capote in Murder by Death - a movie you should all see...hilarious - and he did a great job being Truman Capote)...but because my friend, who went to the same school he did, told me that he had a pact with his friends there that if any of them ever won an Oscar, they would bark like a dog until they were forced off the stage for their acceptance speech. I'm mad that he didn't do that! Also, I wanted Joaquin Phoenix to win.
I haven't seen Crash yet, but I really want to, and it was nice to see a surprise win Best Picture.
Anyway, those are just the major awards (I wonder if they got a tacky lamp with the statue?)...any other thoughts?
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Post by terminal on Mar 6, 2006 4:45:42 GMT -5
Everyone expected "Brokeback Mountain" to win, and while it was a very good movie, I'm surprised "Crash" toppled it in best picture. I expected "Brokeback" to win everything, but it basically only won for technical awards save for the "Best Director" award win.
The adapted screenplay was well deserved. "Brokeback" was only eleven pages and broad, and they turned it in to a d**n good movie, so I expected that, but all in all a good show this year. I'm glad Wallace and Gromit won, I'm glad Weisz won, and I'm glad Crash won best picture. It's an excellent film.
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Post by EFG on Mar 6, 2006 11:04:22 GMT -5
I'm just glad Narnia won for makeup. =)
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Post by Laslo Hollyfeld on Mar 6, 2006 11:12:23 GMT -5
*yawn*
Excuse my overall boredom with the Oscars this year. Okay, so the rap group winning was a little unexpected (isn't that what the Grammys are for?), and there were a couple of funny moments, but....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Actually, the most amazing thing is that the show finished by 9:30 (in my time zone), despite all the fluff. Who'd have guessed that?
Perhaps the most annoying thing for me were the endless montages and impassioned speeches that basically said if you don't go see every movie in a theater, you're worse than Hitler. I understand that movie attendance is down, and has been for a long time, so it wasn't unexpected to hear those somewhat desperate pleas. However, the whole thing just seemed a little forced. An unintentionally funny moment came during one of those montages, though. It was the "Movies Tackle The Hardest Issues of The Day, So You Must See Them In a Theater" montage. After showing clips from All the President's Men and Born on the Fourth of July, they inserted a clip from The Day After Tomorrow. I literally laughed out loud, just before changing the channel.
Yes, I'm in a cynical mood this morning. I miss Steve Martin.
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Post by The Movie Mark on Mar 6, 2006 11:36:54 GMT -5
After showing clips from All the President's Men and Born on the Fourth of July, they inserted a clip from The Day After Tomorrow. I literally laughed out loud, just before changing the channel. I'm a man of my word, and I didn't watch the Oscars. Didn't even record it. I haven't forgiven them for snubbing Russell Crowe and Cinderella Man, so I stayed firm on my decision to boycott. The whole The Day After Tomorrow thing makes me glad I did. I'm glad Crash, Reese, Rachel, and Narnia all won, but I'm still fuming over the injustice towards Paul Giamatti and Matt Dillon in the Best Supporting Actor category. Clooney? Please. He wasn't good in Syriana. Sorry, Oscar, but that's the way it goes. |
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Post by AustralianAnn on Mar 7, 2006 6:54:57 GMT -5
I taped them and then watched in FF mode except the main awards.
Happy about: Reese. Would have like Joaquin to win too as he is great in the film but haven't seen Capote. Have always liked PSHoffman so good on 'im. His speech was a bit dodgy though.
Also, I've said it before (and not just echoing Betts) but what's with Russell Crowe not being nominated in this category? I could *just* understand his not getting a nod for Master and Commander but Cinderella Man was his best performance to date. Sure the guy's a dickhead but that's not a good enough reason to exclude him.
Not happy about: Clooney. There was so much attention on him and so many jokes about him that it started to irritate me. Like he feels he owns the room and everyone agrees.
As for his little 'Hollywood' speech - hurl. Not because it was political, his politics don't bother me, but because he sounded like he thought he was Hollywood. Past and present.
I haven't (and won't) see Syriana as it doesn't seem like my type of film (plus review on this site), so I can't judge his acting in it but he's pretty much coasted through everything else and rarely emotes. I doubt he was better than Giamatti or Dillon or the Gyllenhall. What some call charm, I call smarm. Old school my arse.
I enjoyed both BB and Crash but it's BB I know I will watch again and again.
It was sad to see Lauren Becall. She looked OK but there was something wrong. Parkinson's? Meds?
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Post by The Movie Mark on Mar 7, 2006 12:05:02 GMT -5
I'm glad I didn't see Clooney's speech. Stephanie told me it was nauseating. George Clooney's a pompous, self-centered glory hound who places way too much emphasis on his and Hollywood's power to "change the world." Plain and simple.
Hollywood takes the lead on social issues? Please. Movies don't change American society. They may be able to affect individuals in different ways, but they don't change society as a whole.
Hollywood was who talked about AIDS when it was just being whispered? Hahaha, yeah, uh huh. Philadelphia was the first serious film on AIDS. That was in 1993 ... WELL INTO THE CRISIS! Way to jump right on that issue.
Hey George, it takes a lot of guts to collect multi-million dollar contracts to make boring movies that nobody goes to see. Good job, dude.
And I'm sure you showed how in touch you were with American society when you hopped into your limo and went to another star-studded party accompanied by a date wearing a dress that costs more than my truck and jewelry that costs more than most people's houses.
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